The Quebec Native Women’s Association organized the event to raise awareness and put pressure on the Harper government for a National public inquiry in consultation with Indigenous communities, along with a nation-specific action plan.

WATCH: Almost 1,200 aboriginal women and girls have been killed or gone missing in Canada. No one has convinced the prime minister to call a national inquiry but the country’s premiers say something needs to be done. Ross Lord explains.

A recent RCMP report stated that, “Indigenous women make up 4.3 per cent of the Canadian population, but account for 16 per cent of female homicides and 11.3 per cent of missing women.”

According to Amnesty International, Indigenous women in Canada are five times more likely than other women to die due to violence.